Pencil-sharpener.



tially turned and another UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. MODIVITT, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

PENCIL SHARPENER.

srncxrrcn'rron forming part of Letters lPatent No. 700,071, da d y 1902-Application filed December 2,1901. Serial No. 84,493. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. MoDrvrrr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at'Belvidere, in the county ofBoone and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful.

Improvements in Pencil-Sharpeners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in pencil-sharpeners in which thepencil is held' in place by a spring and the point of the pencil locatedin a recess and a stop to the point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved pencilsharpener. Fig. 2 is a face view'of the same. Fig. 3 is arear view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a lengthwise centralsection. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on dotted line a, Fig. 2. I

A plate 1, forming the main support for the pencil, is formed from sheetmaterial and has its upper end 2 bent at an angle to the face and.provided with an opening 3. The face has a lengthwise openingt and asmaller open- 1ng o. M

A bridge 6 is located at the lower end of the opening 4, beinginsemicircular form and having an opening 7. The edges 8 of this bridgeare undercut and fit corresponding projections extending-from the sidesof the opening 4. The upper-face of this bridge has a recess 9, conicalin form.

A plate-spring 10 has an opening 11, the lower portion of the springheld in place between the bridge and front plate, as shown at Fig. 6.The upper portion of this plate-spring is curved away from the rear faceof the plate 1, as shown at Fig. 4.

The lead-pencil is placed through the opening 3 in the end 2, under thespring 10, and

in the conical recess. The knife 12 is drawn down the face of the plate1, thereby severing a shaving from the pencil. The pencil is parshavingremoved,

and so on until the leadent'ersandpasses through the opening 7 and restsagainst the end of the lower opening 5, asshown in Fig. 5. The angle'ofthe face of the plate 1 with respect to the lengthwise direction of thepencil is such as to give the sharpened end of the 'I'claim'a's myinvention- 1. A pencil-sharpener comprising a sheetmetal plate providedwith a lengthwise opening and'a'perforated end bent substantially atright angles to the face of the'plate and a bridge with aperipheralopening located across-the opening in the plate.

Y 2. Apencil-sharpener' comprising a sheetmetal plate provided with alengthwise opening, a bridge with a peripheral, opening located acrossthe opening in the plate leaving a portion of the lengthwiseopening-each side of thelbridge, and a spring secured to the back of theplate.

3. A'pen'cil-sharpener comprising a plate with a lengthwise opening andan end provided with an opening, a bridge located across the lengthwiseopening and having a conical recess and a peripheral opening.

4." A pencil-sharpener comprising a sheetmetal plate provided with alengthwise opening, a bridge with a peripheral opening located acrossthe opening. in the plate and a plate-springsecured to the back ofthe-plate and held in place by the bridge.

5. A pencil-sharpener comprising a sheetmetal plate provided with alengthwise open ing, a bridge with a peripheral opening located acrossthe opening in the plate, and a plate-spring with a lengthwise openingse cured to the back of the plate and held in plac'e by the bridge.

EDWARD L. MODIVITT.

